tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323953779460457291.post5482244384357715153..comments2023-10-25T21:17:36.925+05:30Comments on Visions of Hell: Disaster Management : Govt of West Bengal styleSaveTheHillshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02683050982473682760noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323953779460457291.post-66567660213873710872008-07-27T06:14:00.000+05:302008-07-27T06:14:00.000+05:30Disaster managementSome call India “Youngistan”, b...Disaster management<BR/><BR/>Some call India “Youngistan”, but politics in this country is still a haven for the aged. The parliament, for instance, is full of wise, old men and the government took good care of them, just to make sure that these ripe old souls survived the tense floor test. An emergency drill was ordered days before, extra beds and chairs were kept ready at hand, and leave for senior doctors were cancelled. All this was in addition to the regular fleet of doctors and nurses who kept vigil inside parliament’s mobile hospital, as well as the ambulances that were parked outside. The government also took care to make the House safe. SPG men were allowed in the official’s gallery, and, apparently, Congressmen were instructed to be near those who were under the protection of this force. <BR/><BR/>The aam aadmi were not forgotten in the melee. Special cameras had been installed inside the House to help them get a ringside view of the day’s events. The net result? The netas survived yet another day at office in one piece, but some viewers may have fallen ill after witnessing the goings-on on that fateful day."<BR/><BR/>- From The Telegraph, Sunday 27 July 2008.Bharat Mani Pradhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01134857660557136063noreply@blogger.com